1956-68 Five 'Famous Five' Novels

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

A set of five brilliant 'Famous Five' novels in Enid Blyton.

The beloved Famous Five group first appeared in print in the 1942 novel 'Five on a Treasure Island', and went on to appear in twenty-one novels by Blyton. 

Blyton is a beloved author of children's novels, and is best known for this series.

This set contains:

'Five Run Away Together', published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1956, the ninth impression. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and in-text illustrations, by Eileen Soper. This is the third novel in the series.

'Five on a Secret Trail', published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1964, the fourth impression. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated in-text by Eileen Soper. This is the fifteenth novel in the series. 

'Five on Kirrin Island Again', published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1964, the thirteenth impression. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated in-text by Eileen Soper. This is the sixth novel in the series. 

'Five Go Adventuring Again', published by Brockhampton Press in 1966, the fourteenth impression. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illustrated in-text by Eileen Soper. This is the second novel in the series. 

'Five Go to Billycock Hill', published by Brockhampton Press in 1968, being the first Brockhampton Press edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated in-text by Eileen Soper. This is the sixteenth novel in the series.